LEBANON, Tenn. -- Indiana Wesleyan University baseball crushed five extra base hits but it was not enough in an 8-3 loss at #RV Cumberlands (Tenn.). IWU evens its record at 8-8 this season and heads to Georgia to play four games during Spring Break.

GAME VITALS

• Game 1:  Cumberland def. Indiana Wesleyan, 8-3
• Records:  Indiana Wesleyan 8-8   |   Cumberland 9-9
• NAIA Top- 25 Rank:  Indiana Wesleyan - Not ranked   |   Cumberland - Receiving votes
• Location:   Ernest L. Stockton Field   |   Cumberland University   |   Lebanon, Tennessee

GAME STATS

• Jordan Wharton:  1-for-4, 2B, R
• Brandon Shaffer:  1-for-3, 2B, RBI
• Caleb Eder:  1-for-3, 2B, R
• Andrew Breytenbach:  1-for-3, 2B, RBI
• Shea Durham:  1-for-3, 2B, RBI
• Austin Swift:  LP, 1.0 IP, 4 R, 4 ER, 2 H, 2 BB, K
  
   

GAME HIGHLIGHTS

• Cumberland struck early with four runs in the bottom of the 1st inning off IWU starting pitcher Austin Swift.
• Indiana Wesleyan scored single runs in the 4th and 5th innings to draw within 5-2. But Cumberland answered with one in the 5th and two in the 6th to take and 8-2 lead.
• The Wildcats threw six pitchers in the game with no one throwing more than 1.1 innings.
• All five Wildcat hits in the game were doubles.
  
   

NEXT TIME OUT

• Indiana Wesleyan starts a four game, three day series with Lourdes (Ohio) at 1 p.m. on Monday. The neutral site games will be played in Cartersville, Georgia.